Charlatan and peep show. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (author of design, 1734-46) [painter] Besnier, Nicolas (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] -1751 (?) 1736c. Tapestry Dimensions: H 13' x W 25' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp); wool & silk (weft) Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Gallerie Georges Petit, invoiced 6/29/1928; sold to Mrs. Dorothy B. Harding & Charles B. Harding 3/11/1929. United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Inscriptions: Woven signature on building building stone
Charlatan and peep show. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (author of design, 1734-46) [painter] Besnier, Nicolas (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] -1751 (?) 1736c. Tapestry Dimensions: H 13' x W 25' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp); wool & silk (weft) Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Gallerie Georges Petit, invoiced 6/29/1928; sold to Mrs. Dorothy B. Harding & Charles B. Harding 3/11/1929. United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Inscriptions: Woven signature on building building stone on left: BOVCHER / 1736 Charlatan & peep show: charlatan wearing turban & standing on platform beneath canopy holds flask in 1 hand & places other on cupboard, next to him is seated young woman assistant holding wand & accompanied by monkey, & male assistant blowing trumpet; 6 spectators stand on L; below charlatan 4 figures around cylinder with clocklike top gamble for oublies or plaisirs; 3 spectators to R of platform; to R of groups young man operates peep show with 1 woman with child looking through open peep hole in wagon as another woman with children stands behind her; musical group to R of peep show: seated youth places arm around seated woman who holds open score in lap, another youth, reclining on cloak, strums mandolin, an open score held on his knees; ruins of round temple in background This panel combines the Charlatan & peep show with the Girls with grapes & Hunter. A drawing at the J. Paul Getty Museum, by Boucher, shows the reclining male figure playing a mandolin (see related works below) (Bremer-David). French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 32449 Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan 2 (1985), 507-533 :// Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0241380-0241383, 0241385-0241394; compositionally similar tapestries (same cartoons): 0241380, 0241385 & 0241387 (Metropolitan Museum of Art); 0241396 & 0241398 (H
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